Brown's Restaurant

Brown's Restaurant

Infobox Historic building



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name=Brown's Restaurant
location_town=Bristol
location_country=ENG
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latitude=51.456420
longitude=-2.605443
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construction_start_date=1867
completion_date=1871
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Brown's Restaurant (gbmapping|ST580732) is on Queens Street, Bristol.

It was built between 1867 and 1871 by Foster and Archibald Ponton. It was constructed with yellow brick with red brick decoration and limestone dressings, and has a pantile hipped roof. It is Venetian Gothic Revival style with elements of Bristol Byzantine architecture.

The building has previously been the City Museum and Library and also the University Refectory and Dining Room. It was damaged during the Bristol Blitz of World War II and then restored becoming the restaurant in 1992.

It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building. [cite web | title= Brown's Restaurant and attached front area walls and railings | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=380276 | accessdate=2007-04-20]

References

External links

[http://www.browns-restaurants.com/menu-bristol.php Browns Restaurant]


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